Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Cognitive biases and depression.

K B Dohr, A J Rush, I H Bernstein

    Journal of Abnormal Psychology
    |August 1, 1989
    PubMed
    Summary
    This summary is machine-generated.

    Cognitive biases in depression are state-dependent, not trait-like. Symptomatically depressed individuals show distinct cognitive patterns compared to those in remission or healthy controls.

    Related Concept Videos

    You might also read

    Related Articles

    Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

    Sort by
    Same author

    Resolutions of Delta County Medical Society.

    Daniel's Texas medical journal·2023
    Same author

    The 'difficult-to-treat depression' and the 'response paradigm' models: Implications and relevance to patient management.

    The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry·2021
    Same author

    The identification, assessment and management of difficult-to-treat depression: An international consensus statement.

    Journal of affective disorders·2020
    Same author

    Treatment modalities and outcomes of pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor: a systematic review of the literature.

    Musculoskeletal surgery·2018
    Same author

    Increased hippocampal tail volume predicts depression status and remission to anti-depressant medications in major depression.

    Molecular psychiatry·2017
    Same author

    A Confirmatory Factoring of the Self-Consciousness Scale.

    Multivariate behavioral research·2016

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive psychology
    • Psychiatry
    • Mental health research

    Background:

    • Cognitive models of depression suggest biases in thinking contribute to its development and maintenance.
    • It remains debated whether these cognitive features represent stable personality traits or temporary states linked to depressive episodes.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate whether cognitive measures in depression are trait-like (stable) or state-like (transient).
    • To compare cognitive patterns across currently depressed, remitted depressive, and never-depressed control groups.

    Main Methods:

    • Employed cross-sectional and longitudinal designs to assess cognitive measures.
    • Utilized cognitive tasks assessing attributional biases, dysfunctional attitudes, and interpretation of ambiguous events.

    Related Experiment Videos

  • Included participants with symptomatic depression, clinical remission from depression, and normal controls.

    • Main Results:

    • Symptomatically depressed individuals exhibited significant differences in attributional biases, dysfunctional attitudes, and event interpretation compared to both remitted and normal groups.
    • No significant differences were found between clinically remitted depressives and normal controls on these cognitive measures.
    • Longitudinal and cross-sectional data suggested these cognitive measures are more state-like than trait-like.

    Conclusions:

    • Cognitive characteristics associated with depression appear to be state-dependent, improving with remission of depressive symptoms.
    • Self-report measures of cognition in depression may capture transient states rather than enduring personality traits.
    • Findings support the dynamic nature of cognitive functioning in relation to the episodic course of depression.